Craftsman 917.386082 Owner's Manual page 8

INSTALL CONTROL BAR
1. Position control bar so flattened
section with hole is on opposite side
of handle as up-stop bracket.
2. Insert one end of control bar into
handle hole on inside of handle.
Carefully push in on opposite end of
control bar and insert into hole on
opposite side of handle.
Control bar
Up-stop bracket
ASSEMBLEENGINEZONECONTROL
CABLE TO UPPER HANDLE
Assemble cable to opposite side of up-
stop bracket.
1. Route cable below crossbar of lower
handle and up to control bar.
2. Hook "Z" bend fitting on inner wire into
hole in control bar.
3. Attach cable fitting to upper handle as
shown.
4. Secure cable to lower handle with
wire tie.
Control Upper
Upstop
zone
control
cable
ASSEMBLE ENGINE ZONE CONTROL
CABLE TO ENGINE
1. Straighten cable and find the end with
the small plastic fitting.
2. Hook the "Z" bend fitting on inner wire
of cable into hole in brake arm of
engine.
3. Align the tapered end of the small
plastic fitting with the hole in the
mounting bracket and push in until
fitting snaps into place.
INSTALL STARTER ROPE
1. Put threaded end of rope guide
through hole in side of upper handle
above lower handle crossbar. Secure
with 1/4-20 Iocknut.
2. Hold control bar against upper handle
and slowly pull engine starter rope out
until rope will slip into loop of rope
guide.
Mounting
bracket
PUSH IN_
Rope
guide
plastic fitting
arm
Engine
starter rope
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